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Bath Literature Festival: Red recommends

Excited to be working with The Independent Bath Literature Festival 2014, we've put together a programme of the best of fiction and non-fiction, plus names from comedy, sport, food and philosophy, not to be missed.

Jessica Fellowes – Behind the scenes at Downton Abbey

When: Saturday 8th March, 11.15am – 12.15pm

Where: Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 (£7)

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Author and journalist Jessica Fellowes, niece of screenwriter Julian Fellowes, goes behind the scenes of the TV and cultural phenomenon, in her book The Chronicles of Downton Abbey. Enjoy a wander through the crowded servants’ quarters and peek into luxurious bed chambers, experiencing every aspect of the life at the Downton Estate.

Sarah Lee

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Hadley Freeman

4th Estate Literary Salon: A Woman’s Place Is..?

When: Saturday 8th March, 1 – 2pm

Where: Guildhall

Price: £8 (£7)

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Taking the 21st century feminism of her best-selling essay collection Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies as the starting point, Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman leads an alpha-female discussion. The topic? Women’s role in public life. With Jane Shepherdson, ex-Top Shop brand director and now CEO of Whistles, and Sarah Bailey, editor-in-chief of Red magazine. Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark chairs.

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Austentatious

Austentatious

When: Saturday 8th March, 2.45 – 3.45pm

Where: Guildhall

Price: £15 (£12) includes a glass of fizz

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Described as “one of the most enjoyable sixty minutes of the Fringe” (The Guardian), improvised period drama Austentatious comes to Bath following a five-star sell-out run at Edinburgh. A comedy play spun in the style of Jane Austen and based entirely on audience suggestions, no two shows are the same.

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Gemma Whelan

A celebration of Game of Thrones

When: Saturday 8th March, 6.15 – 7.15pm

Where: Old Theatre Royal

Price: £7.50 (£6.50)

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George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels have inspired a cult following, with 22 million copies sold worldwide. The HBO show - dubbed “the best TV series ever” by The Hollywood Reporter - averages 14 million viewers per episode. So what’s the secret of Game of Thrones’ success? Join actress Gemma Whelan, who plays Yara Greyjoy (Asha in the books) in conversation with Guardian TV critic and superfan Stuart Jeffries.

Eamonn McCabe

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Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver, chaired by Natalie Haynes

When: Saturday 8th March, 8 – 9pm

Where: Guildhall

Price: £9 (£8)

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The US-born Orange Prize winning novelist (for We Need to Talk About Kevin) talks to BBC2 Newnight Review’s Nathalie Haynes about her compelling new novel Big Brother. Inspired by Shriver’s own family, it’s the story of a woman forced to choose between her marriage and her obese brother. Always outspoken, controversial and disarmingly honest, Shriver’s live events are unmissable.

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Shaun Usher

Shaun Usher

When: Sunday 9th March, 2.45 – 3.45pm

Where: Guildhall

Price: £7.50 (£6.50)

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Now finally in book form, Shaun Usher’s Letters of Note has been an online cult hit since 2009. His collection of “correspondence deserving of a wider audience”, features Margaret Mitchell, Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker, plus Marilyn Monroe’s thank you notes and a series of exchanges between Groucho Marx and Woody Allen. Celebrate the vanishing art of letter-writing with Stephen Fry’s favourite digital curator.

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